700 BC - 700 BC
Tyrtaeus (; Greek: Τυρταῖος Tyrtaios; fl. mid-7th century BC) was a Greek elegiac poet from Sparta whose works were speculated to fill five books. His works survive from quotations and papyri, and include 250 lines or parts of lines. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Tyrtaeus has received more than 232,842 page views. His biography is available in 34 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Tyrtaeus is the 482nd most popular writer (up from 551st in 2019), the 133rd most popular biography from Greece (up from 136th in 2019) and the 17th most popular Greek Writer.
Tyrtaeus is most famous for his poems that were written to encourage the Spartans to fight against the Athenians.
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Among writers, Tyrtaeus ranks 482 out of 5,755. Before him are Nathaniel Hawthorne, D. H. Lawrence, Statius, Ellen G. White, Harold Pinter, and Elie Wiesel. After him are Anthony Burgess, Baldassare Castiglione, Robert A. Heinlein, Gaston Leroux, Imadaddin Nasimi, and Alfred de Musset.
1804 - 1864
HPI: 66.72
Rank: 476
1885 - 1930
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 477
40 - 96
HPI: 66.71
Rank: 478
1827 - 1915
HPI: 66.70
Rank: 479
1930 - 2008
HPI: 66.68
Rank: 480
1928 - 2016
HPI: 66.64
Rank: 481
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 482
1917 - 1993
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 483
1478 - 1529
HPI: 66.61
Rank: 484
1907 - 1988
HPI: 66.60
Rank: 485
1868 - 1927
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 486
1369 - 1417
HPI: 66.59
Rank: 487
1810 - 1857
HPI: 66.57
Rank: 488
Among people born in 700 BC, Tyrtaeus ranks 7. Before him are Lucius Tarquinius Priscus, Astyages, Cyaxares, Arion, Psamtik I, and Jeconiah. After him are Amasis II, Anacharsis, Phalaris, Periander, Psamtik II, and Necho I. Among people deceased in 700 BC, Tyrtaeus ranks 4. Before him are Hesiod, Isaiah, and Gyges of Lydia. After him are Achaemenes, Jehoahaz of Judah, Cylon of Athens, Perdiccas I of Macedon, Ariaramnes, Callinus, Shebitku, and Theopompus of Sparta.
700 BC - 579 BC
HPI: 71.99
Rank: 1
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 69.66
Rank: 2
700 BC - 584 BC
HPI: 68.05
Rank: 3
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 4
700 BC - 610 BC
HPI: 67.76
Rank: 5
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 6
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 7
700 BC - 526 BC
HPI: 64.88
Rank: 8
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.32
Rank: 9
700 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 10
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 11
700 BC - 589 BC
HPI: 62.58
Rank: 12
700 BC - 664 BC
HPI: 62.01
Rank: 13
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 79.80
Rank: 1
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 77.66
Rank: 2
790 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 3
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 4
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.38
Rank: 5
630 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 64.25
Rank: 6
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 62.00
Rank: 7
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 60.12
Rank: 8
650 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 59.07
Rank: 9
680 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 58.50
Rank: 10
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 56.38
Rank: 11
800 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 56.34
Rank: 12
Among people born in Greece, Tyrtaeus ranks 133 out of 936. Before him are Ictinus (-500), Hippias (-600), Philip V of Macedon (-238), Ioannis Metaxas (1871), Cratylus (-500), and Djemal Pasha (1872). After him are Thespis (-600), Pope Eleutherius (171), Cleon (-450), Costa-Gavras (1933), Epimenides (-690), and Parmenion (-400).
500 BC - Present
HPI: 67.26
Rank: 127
600 BC - 490 BC
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 128
238 BC - 179 BC
HPI: 66.96
Rank: 129
1871 - 1941
HPI: 66.94
Rank: 130
500 BC - Present
HPI: 66.89
Rank: 131
1872 - 1922
HPI: 66.83
Rank: 132
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 133
600 BC - 560 BC
HPI: 66.56
Rank: 134
171 - 189
HPI: 66.55
Rank: 135
450 BC - 422 BC
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 136
1933 - Present
HPI: 66.45
Rank: 137
690 BC - 600 BC
HPI: 66.40
Rank: 138
400 BC - 329 BC
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 139
Among writers born in Greece, Tyrtaeus ranks 17. Before him are Archilochus (-680), Simonides of Ceos (-556), Nâzım Hikmet (1902), Arion (-700), Lysias (-445), and Phaedrus (-20). After him are Longus (110), Demetrius Vikelas (1835), Periander (-700), Aelia Eudocia (401), Agathias (536), and Odysseas Elytis (1911).
680 BC - 645 BC
HPI: 70.14
Rank: 11
556 BC - 468 BC
HPI: 69.98
Rank: 12
1902 - 1963
HPI: 68.74
Rank: 13
700 BC - 660 BC
HPI: 67.93
Rank: 14
445 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.92
Rank: 15
20 BC - 50
HPI: 67.50
Rank: 16
700 BC - 700 BC
HPI: 66.63
Rank: 17
110 - 200
HPI: 65.60
Rank: 18
1835 - 1908
HPI: 64.97
Rank: 19
700 BC - 583 BC
HPI: 64.00
Rank: 20
401 - 460
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 21
536 - 582
HPI: 63.06
Rank: 22
1911 - 1996
HPI: 62.26
Rank: 23